- More than 250 contributing
authors, representing 17 different countries and including many of the
world's leading experts on insects.
- 1,000 figures and tables to support and amplify the
text, including 500 images in full color.
- Content arranged in a single A-Z sequence for easy
location of topics.
- Glossary pf key terms presenting definitions of all
key vocabulary items in the field.
- Extensive index leading the reader to specific
subjects discussed within the text.
- Linking of articles to other entries within the text,
by means of cross references, and also linking to other sources, by
means of a further reading list recommended by the author.
About the authors
Vincent Resh is Professor of Entomology and a Curator of the Essig Museum at the University of California, Berkeley, since 1975. He is the
author of more than 250 articles on insects, mainly on the role of aquatic
insects in the assessment of water pollution and as vectors of disease. For
22 years, he was an editor of the Annual Review of Entomology and
currently serves as an ecological advisor to the United Nations World Health
Organization's program on the control of river blindness in West Africa. In 1995, he was
elected as a Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences and was the
recipient of the University of California at Berkeley's Distinguished
Teaching Award.
Ring Carde joined the Department of Entomology of the University if California, Riverside, in 1996 as
Distinguished Professor and holds the position of A. M. Boyce Chair. He
previously served on the faculties of the University of Massachusetts and Michigan State University. He has authored more
than 200 articles on insect chemical messengers, particularly on moth
communication by pheromones, and has edited three books on insect chemical
ecology and pheromones. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, the Entomological Society of America, the Entomological
Society of Canada, and the royal Entomological Society.
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